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Open Range
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»rank: 894
Our review:Description:Packed with epic action, OPEN RANGE is a powerfully gripping story that's never been told until now, and stars Academy Award(R) winners Robert Duvall (1983 Best Actor, TENDER MERCIES) and Kevin Costner (1991 Best Director, DANCES WITH WOLVES), and Academy Award(R) nominee Annette Bening (1999 Best Actress, AMERICAN BEAUTY). A group of free grazers, four men trying to escape their past, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range -- a place where nature makes the only laws. When a ruthless, evil rancher tries to run them out of town, the men's peaceful existence takes a tumultuous ...
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The American President
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»rank: 1527
Our review:Description:The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner.DVD Features:Interactive MenusProduction NotesScene AccessTheatrical Trailer essential video:What sounds like the high-concept romantic comedy pitch from hell--widower president falls for smart lobbyist while the world watches--is actually intelligent, charming, touching, and quite funny. Granted, it's wish fulfillment all the way (when was the last time you saw a president who was truly presidential?), but in the capable hands of writer Aaron Sorkin (TV's Sports Night) and director Rob Reiner, The American President is incredibly ...
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American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 1898
Our review: :When youve got nothing to lose you might as well risk everything. Lester burnham is in a rut. Facing a midlife crisis lester reverts into a maddening rebirth of adolescence. His sudden irreverant rebellion enrages his wife and confuses his daughter when he turns a lustful gaze toward her friend. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: Kevin Spacey Thora Birch Run time: 122 minutes Rating: R essential video:From its first gliding aerial shot of a generic suburban street, American Beauty moves with a mesmerizing confidence and acuity epitomized by Kevin Spacey's calm narration. Spacey is Lester Burnham, ...
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The Women
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»rank: 2600
Our review: :For fans of some of America's finest actresses, seeing a film with even one of the cast members of The Women would be a treat. But this remake of George Cukor's famed girl-trouble ensemble film features Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Cloris Leachman, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Joanna Gleason, and Candice Bergen--whew!--making it a film that fans of these terrifically talented women can savor. The remake may not have the cat-itude or camp factor of the original, but so what? The cast's chemistry really shines; friendship is thicker than water, it turns out--even stronger than ...
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Mars Attacks!
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»rank: 5688
Our review: :In this sci fi epic martian spaceships are approaching earth. Should the president bomb them or embrace them? from the opening scene in a town called lockjaw where a blazing fire sprints the road to the apocalyptic finale youll never know what to expect sophomoric funniness black humor or a genuine fright. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/07/2004 Starring: Jack Nicholson Annette Bening Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Tim Burton essential video:It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, ...
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The Great Outdoors
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»rank: 1939
Our review: :The candy family heads for the hills in search of relaxation and a tranquil summer by the lake but ends up with comic chaos. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/14/2006 Starring: Dan Aykroyd John Candy Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg :This hit-and-miss 1988 comedy pairs John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in a story of one family's summer vacation all but ruined by the uninvited appearance of another, more loutish family. Howard Deutch (Some Kind of Wonderful) directs from a half-hearted John Hughes script, which reduces Hughes's jokes-and-epiphanies formula (The Breakfast Club, Home Alone) to true gaudiness. On ...
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The American President / Dave
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»rank: 6597
Our review:Description:Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline are both President and accounted for in two hit comedies about the nation's Oval Office. Rob Reiner directs The American President [Side A], starring Douglas as a widower chief executive whose poll numbers plummet when he falls for an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening). Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss and more top talents co-star in this nimble exploration of private romance in a public Presidency. And in a land where anybody can become President, anybody just did! Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in Dave [Side B], the wry Ivan Reitman-directed story of a lookalike who ...
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Regarding Henry
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»rank: 5758
Our review: :Two bullets force a top manhattan lawyer to start life over with his loving wife and daughter. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: Harrison Ford Bill Nunn Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Mike Nichols :Get shot in the head and become a better person. This 1991 Mike Nichols (Wolf) film stars Harrison Ford as a big-shot cold-hearted lawyer who gets a bullet in his brain during a holdup. The film de-emphasizes the traumas of recovery to focus on the title character's personality change after the fact. The canny Ford gets to work from his full, familiar ...
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Richard III
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»rank: 11065
Our review:Description:Shakespeare's immortal tale of ambition, lust and murderous treachery is brilliantly updated and brought to life in this riveting, 20th-century masterpiece. Boasting breathtaking performances, unforgettable imagery and two OscarÂ(r) nominations*, this astounding wartime spectacle is mesmerizing...it will rivet you and shock you (Jeffrey Lyons, 'sneak Previews ). In 1930s Britain, a savage, civil war between two royal families has just concluded. But even as the newly installed King Edward (John Wood) takes the reins of power, his ruthless, younger brother Richard (Ian McKellen) sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the crown for himself. Enlisting the aid of equally duplicitous ...
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Love Affair
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»rank: 6303
Our review: :They agreed to put their romance to the test. But fate tested that love more than they ever could. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/08/2002 Starring: Warren Beatty Katharine Hepburn Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Glenn Gordon Caron :You can hear the big gears clank in this glossy, oh-so-watchable remake of the classic 1939 film (and the popular An Affair to Remember). Instead of updating the story with contemporary attitudes (as Warren Beatty did so successfully with Heaven Can Wait), this is a virtual carbon copy of the other films. The early scenes succeed as the two ...
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